A Pregnant Day

I have deemed today to be "having a pregnant day."  Isabela didn't sleep a wink last night, or so it seems.  Brandon gave her to me about 12:30, she was fully awake by 2am, and proceeded to roll around in my bed, talking, until 4:15, when I took her out to Brandon (who had conveniently gone to sleep out on the bed in the front room).  Needless to say, by 4am, I couldn't take it anymore.  Brandon kept her til 7 when I got her again. I figure I got a maximum of 4 hours of sleep if I was lucky.  That's how the day started - I was completely exhausted, sore, frustrated, and just plain hormonal.

Then I change Isabela... huge rash all over her stomach.  Looks like chicken pox, but I don't think it is.  But to be safe, I didn't want her at church to spread whatever she had.  (Long story short, we took her anyway.)

I ironed my skirt, so excited to wear something besides my black skirt I wear every week, (almost late for church), put it on, and it won't zip up - I'm too fat.  Brandon, in the other room, just heard a big groan.  I was so frustrated and didn't know what to wear (reverted back to my black skirt, but it was lost, so that didn't help either).  We are good, just tired.  Thank heavens for dedicating a day to Martin Luther King, Jr. tomorrow! 

On another note, Brandon got released from the Branch Presidency today.  When they called him a couple of years ago, we were moving that week, outside of the boundaries.  They asked us to stay so he could serve in the presidency.  However, now that he is released, we feel that we need to attend the branch or ward that we live in.  Our branch is small. The new one is at least 3 times the size.  We plan on visiting both and seeing how we feel, where the Spirit tells us we are needed.

Isabela is getting more and more stubborn.  I had to trick her to get her into the car the other day.  I don't carry her anymore for two reasons.  One, I am too fat and it just hurts.  Two, she is big enough to walk herself.  But she hates getting into her seat.  We walked out and she just wanted to play under the carport.  So I got in the car, started it, and asked if she was coming with me.  She started yelling at me.  She wasn't about to come, but she didn't want me to leave.  But I was sitting in the front seat with the door open.  She got all excited, ran over to the car, and tried to drive up front with me.  When I put my foot out of the car, she saw I was going to put her in her carseat, she ran away.  I caught her, kicking and screaming, and put her in anyway, but at least I didn't have to carry her all over the yard to get to the car.

She is talking up a storm, can tell you where most of her body parts are, sings and dances all of the time, has a new little couch that she is obsessed with, and finally doesn't look like Alfalfa when we put her hair in a ponytail anymore :)

Also, I am back in school, taking two classes.  Family Finance, and the study of Latin America.  Both have been really interesting so far.  Family finance is mostly common sense, but there have been a few things about taxes, etc. that will be really helpful.  In my Lats class, we watched a movie about Bolivia.  Randomly, we received a little knitted hat for Isabela from a lady from Bolivia who used to be in our Branch.  She just made it when she went home to visit.  It's brightly colored, and really long, but looked just like all of the hats in the movie I watched in class.  One day I will post pictures...  So we are keeping busy, but are really good.  Xander will be here end of March.  I just can't believe how fast time has gone.